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ByLisaLerer and Ken Thomas TheAssociatedPress NEW YORK Gone was the ballroom with a soaring glass ceiling, the confetti and the celebrity guest stars. Instead, Hillary Clin- ton looked out to a group of grief-stricken aides and tearful supporters, as she acknowledged her stun- ning loss of the presidency to Donald Trump. Clinton's voice crackled with emotion as she said: "This is painful, and it will be for a long time." But she told her faithful to accept Trump and the election re- sults, urging them to give him "an open mind and a chance to lead." Before Clinton took the stage at a New York City ho- tel, top aides filed in, eyes red and shoulders slumped, as they tried to process the celebrity businessman's shocking win after a cam- paign that appeared poised until Election Day to make Clinton the first woman elected U.S. president. Clinton, who twice sought the presidency, told women that nothing had made her "prouder to be your champion," adding, "I know we have still not shat- tered that highest and hard- est glass ceiling. But some- day, someone will and hope- fully sooner than we might think right now." Her re- marks brought to mind her 2008 concession speech af- ter the Democratic prima- ries in which she spoke of putting "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling. "To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and oppor- tunity in the world to pur- sue and achieve your own dreams," she said. Projecting an image of unity, Clinton wore a pur- ple blouse and a dark blazer with a purple lapel while her husband, former Pres- ident Bill Clinton, stood wistfully by her side, ap- plauding during her re- marks. It may have been the fi- nal public act for the endur- ing political partnership of the Clintons, who appeared on the verge of returning to power after 16 years. If Clin- ton had won the election, it would have marked the first time a former first lady was elected U.S. president. Clinton's campaign was trying to make sense of a dramatic election night in which Trump captured bat- tleground states like Flor- ida, North Carolina and Ohio and demolished a longstanding "blue wall" of states in the Upper Midwest that had backed every Dem- ocratic presidential candi- date since Clinton's hus- band won the presidency in 1992. As Democrats were left wondering how they had misread their country so completely, mournful Clin- ton backers gathered out- side the hotel Wednesday. "I was devastated. Shocked. Still am," said Shirley Ritenour, 64, a musician from Brooklyn. "When I came in on the subway this morning there were a lot of people crying. A lot of people are very up- set." Flanked by her husband, daughter Chelsea Clinton and running mate Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton said she had offered to work with Trump on behalf of a country that she acknowl- edged was "more deeply di- vided than we thought." The results were star- tling to Clinton and her aides, who had ended their campaign with a whirl- wind tour of battleground states and had projected optimism that she would maintain the diverse coali- tion assembled by President Barack Obama in the past two elections. On the final day of the campaign, Clinton liter- ally followed Obama to stand behind a podium with a presidential seal at a massive rally outside In- dependence Hall in Phila- delphia. As she walked up to the lectern, the presi- dent bent down to pull out a small stool so the shorter Clinton could address the tens of thousands gathered on the mall. Before leaving the stage, Obama leaned over to whisper a message in Clinton's ear: "We'll have to make this permanent." The devastating loss for the party, which will no longer hold the White House and will be in the minority of both cham- bers of Congress, was cer- tain to open painful soul- searching among Demo- crats, who had endured a lengthy primary between Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The so- called democratic socialist drew strong support among liberals amid an elector- ate calling for change but had joined with other lib- eral stalwarts such as Mas- sachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in backing Clinton's general election bid. The tu- multuous presidential cycle bequeathed a series of polit- ical gifts for Clinton's GOP rival: An FBI investigation into Clinton's use of a pri- vate email server, questions of pay-for-play involving her family's charitable foun- dation, Sanders' primary challenge and FBI Director James Comey's late Octo- ber announcement that in- vestigators had uncovered emails potentially relevant to her email case. Yet her team spent the bulk of their time focused on attacking Trump, while failing to adequately ad- dress Clinton's deep liabil- ities — or the wave of frus- tration roiling the nation. Every time the race fo- cused on Clinton, her num- bers dropped, eventually making her one of the least- liked presidential nomi- nees in history. And she of- fered an anxious electorate a message of breaking bar- riers and the strength of di- versity — hardly a rallying cry — leaving her advisers debating the central point of her candidacy late into the primary race. ELECTION AFTERMATH Clintontellssupportersto greet Trump with 'open mind' ANDREWHARNIK—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Former President Bill Clinton applauds as his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in New York, on Wednesday. By David A. Lieb The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Re- publican power in state capitols will be at its stron- gest levels in nearly a cen- tury when several newly elected governors take of- fice next year. A remarkable election that propelled Republi- can Donald Trump to the White House also resulted in Republican wins in a trio of governorships previ- ously held by Democrats in Missouri, New Hampshire and Vermont. The only potential Republican set- back came in North Caro- lina, where Democratic At- torney General Roy Cooper declared victory over Gov. Pat McCrory in a race that remained too close to call Wednesday. If Cooper's slim lead holds, Republicans will control 33 of the 50 gover- nors' offices — one shy of their record set in 1922. Republicans also ap- peared likely to main- tain control of about two- thirds of the state legisla- tive chambers, meaning that in many states they will have the power to en- act whatever policies they choose. In Missouri, for exam- ple, newly elected Republi- can Gov. Eric Greitens has pledged to enact a right- to-work law barring man- datory union fees in the workplace — a long-sought priority of GOP legislative leaders that had been ve- toed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. Newly elected New Hampshire Gov. Chris Su- nunu also could be paired with a Republican-con- trolled Legislature. The GOP held its majority in the state Senate, and House Republicans also claimed victory. Republi- cans last saw such a sweep in 2002. In Vermont's guberna- torial election, Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott defeated Democrat Sue Minter, a former transportation sec- retary for outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin. Scott cam- paigned on making gov- ernment more efficient but also appealed to voters in the liberal-leaning state by embracing abortion rights and gay marriage. The Republican Gov- ernors Association spent more than $50 million on this year's races, primar- ily targeting seven states. That almost doubled the estimated amount of money coming from the Democratic Governors Association, though Dem- ocratic candidates in some states outraised their Re- publican opponents. Democrats are hoping for better results in the next two years, when 27 of the 38 governors' office up for election are held by Re- publicans. "It's clear that Demo- crats need to rebuild," said Democratic Governors As- sociation spokesman Jared Leopold. Democrats did have a few bright spots Tuesday. Despite a dominant vic- tory by Trump in West Vir- ginia, Democratic busi- nessman Jim Justice won the governor's race over Republican state Senate President Bill Cole. And although Trump easily carried Montana, Demo- cratic Gov. Steve Bullock retained his seat against a challenge from Repub- lican businessman Greg Gianforte, who poured millions of his own money into the race. ELECTION AFTERMATH GOP governorships rise to highest mark since 1922 By Seanna Adcox The Associated Press Two bodies found on the rural property of a South Carolina man linked to five other deaths were a couple who had a history of panhandling and had been buried there for nearly a year, authori- ties said Wednesday. One of the victims was 25-year-old Meagan Leigh McCraw-Coxie of Spar- tanburg, who appears to have died from a gun- shot wound to the head. The other was her hus- band, 29-year-old Johnny Joe Coxie, who was shot in his chest, Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said. Their families were told simultaneously that the couple was killed, and they're grieving, he said. "It's bad news but also they have questions that we're able to give them answers to. This isn't a run of the mill case. It never has been," Clev- enger said. The couple's "extensive tattoos" helped identify them, he said. They have at least one child who is accounted for. Authorities caught a break in the cold cases last week when investi- gators searching the prop- erty discovered a woman alive and chained by her neck and ankle in a large storage container, yell- ing for help. Her boy- friend, 32-year-old Char- lie Carver, was found shot to death and in a shallow grave on the land. That couple had disappeared about two months earlier. The property owner, Todd Kohlhepp, was ar- rested last Thursday at his suburban home about 10 miles from his 95-acre property. After his arrest, deputies say he confessed to killing four other peo- ple in the county at a mo- torcycle shop in 2003, leaving behind their bod- ies and a mystery the lo- cal sheriff thought he may never solve. Kohlhepp acknowl- edged the grisly cold case after authorities granted him several requests, in- cluding letting him speak to his mother. On Saturday, investi- gators brought Kohlhepp out to his land and he identified the gravesites, even calling the Coxies by name, authorities said. 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